September 22, 2021
12 PM – 3 PM PDT (UTC -7 hours)
Venue: Zoom
Please see below for links to the video recording of the event.
Guy Faulkner, Ph.D.
Is Sweat the Best Antidepressant?
Guy Faulkner, Ph.D is a Professor in the School of Kinesiology at the University of British Columbia and Chair in Applied Public Health. Broadly, his research has focused on two inter-related themes: the development and evaluation of physical activity interventions; and physical activity and mental health. Through his research (see kin.ubc.ca/pop-palab) he was recognized as a Clarivate Web of Science highly cited researcher in 2020. He is the founding editor of the journal ‘Mental Health and Physical Activity’ (http://ees.elsevier.com/menpa/), which fosters the inter-disciplinary development and understanding of the mental health and physical activity field. He is currently chair of the ParticipACTION research advisory group (2018-present) and has been a member of the Research Work Group for the 2012-2022 Active Healthy Kids Canada/ParticipACTION Report Cards on Physical Activity for Children and Youth. He has also contributed to the development of the groundbreaking 24-hour movement guidelines for children and youth (2016), the early years (2017), and now adults and older adults (2020). A recent research and practice focus has been leading the development and implementation of the Canadian Campus Wellbeing Survey (CCWS – www.ccws-becc.ca); a uniquely Canadian system for assessing postsecondary student health and wellbeing, and informing institutional policy and practice.
Alberto Almeida, M.P.H.
To Live is to Fight: Depression, Muay Thai, and A Journey Towards Wellness in the Midst of a Global Pandemic
Alberto Almeida, M.P.H. has spent the last 10 years coordinating and leading population health promotion, mental health literacy, research and quality improvement projects at the acute, community and provincial level. Alberto has a Certificate in Project Management from the University of Toronto (2021), a Master in Public Health from the University of British Columbia (2016) and a Bachelor of Arts from the University of Toronto in Sociology and Philosophy (2013). Current project areas focus on violence prevention in acute psychiatric settings, coordinating program-wide quality reviews of adverse patient outcomes at a systems level, evaluation of the effectiveness of a pharmacological clinical toolkit, and collaborative virtual care projects.
Mark Beauchamp, Ph.D.
Socially Connected Physical Activity: What, Why, and How?
Mark R. Beauchamp, Ph.D. is a Professor of exercise and health psychology in the School of Kinesiology at the University of British Columbia. His research focuses on the psychology of group processes within exercise and sport settings. He is particularly interested in understanding the barriers to, and facilitators of, physical activity behaviour across the age spectrum, and developing effective and scalable physical activity interventions with various populations. His research program has received funding from agencies such as the Canadian Institutes of Health Research, Veterans Affairs Canada, Canadian Foundation for Innovation, and Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada. He has published over 150 journal articles and 30 book chapters with his work published in outlets such as the Annals of Behavioral Medicine, Health Psychology, and the American Journal of Preventive Medicine. He is a Chartered Psychologist and Associate Fellow of the British Psychological Society (BPS), and is the incoming editor for Sport, Exercise, and Performance Psychology (APA).
